I remember the last time someone around here swore their life on a statement. It was a restorer who swore on his life that the 1931 Dracula one-sheet then being offered by Profiles in History was an original.
But if you like to offer 2-3x what posters are worth, I certainly hope you will remember to check out our auctions starting this weekend. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Waines To: Smith, Grey - 1367 Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 1:25 AM Subject: RE: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS! http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=695&lotNo=85729 I have the correct facts on this and would swear my life on it. The truth will eventually come out and be told to everyone. It's just a matter of time. People already know about it. Prior to last year you co-owed (w/ Heritage) or owned the paperbacked "Phantom of the Opera" One Sheet poster above and set up the trade for consignment plan with Ken Schacter right around the March 2011 Heritage Signature auction (he consigned many, many posters to this auction but some included the French Horror of Dracula, Fantastic Voyage Teaser, Vertigo 30 X 40 amongst many, many others). Many, Many other items were taken in by Heritage Auctions from Ken Schacter in exchange trading him “The Phantom of the Opera” One Sheet poster above. That is a cold hard fact. In that particular signature auction and others. Please do not try to deny this because last year you negotiated the plan for him to acquire “The Phantom of the Opera” poster above in exchange for consignments to Heritage Auctions (albeit Ken may have pestered you to the point and completely dragged you into this). The consignment deal for "The Phantom of the Opera" went through last year after taking many months time of Ken negotiating and speaking with you (Grey) over the phone. The deal took months to complete but in then end, Ken got the “Phantom of the Opera” poster from you (I have pictures of the poster hanging on Ken’s wall taken last year on my computer). After the deal went through you then personally flew out to Los Angeles and hand delivered "The Phantom of the Opera" paperbacked one sheet poster above to him. I also heard the poster was actually sitting in a vault in Los Angeles (or the Heritage offices) waiting on Ken to complete the deal. It went through and he got the poster. Again that is a bonafide cold hard fact (I have photos of Ken with the poster). Why you were there "assisting the State of California and the trustee" was EXTREMELY bizarre to say the least especially considering he consigned so much poster material through Heritage over the years. I guess this mutual relationship between you all explains why so many times over the years he’d sell through Heritage rather than sell directly to me even when I’d offer him 2X or 3X what a poster he was selling was worth. I'm not saying by any means that Heritage or “sign on the dotted line” Grey Smith knew what was going on, but Grey Smith representing “the state of California and Robert C. Mannheim” presents itself as a MAJOR conflict of interest because he took “bad consignments” from Ken Schacter in exchange for “The Phantom of the Opera” which was not on the truck (amongst other things) when marshalls hauled Ken’s stolen“movie material” off last Wednesday. ----- Original Message ----- From: Smith, Grey - 1367 Sent: 05/03/12 09:16 PM To: Paul Waines Subject: RE: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS! Where ever you’re getting your facts, you should do a little bit better fact checking! You obviously have some very poor sources. From: Paul Waines [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 8:03 PM To: Smith, Grey - 1367 Subject: Re: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS! Didn't the vast majority of Heritage's movie poster consignments come from Ken Schacter over the last few years? http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=695&lotNo=85729 For example didn't Ken swing a $200,000 or $300,000 trade with Heritage last year in exchange for this paperbacked One Sheet for "The Phantom of the Opera" that is shown above and was hauled off last Wednesday? I heard Ken gave them consignments for their Signature auctions in exchange for this one "Phantom of the Opera" poster over a gradual period of time dating back to a least the last couple of years. That is a fact. Another California collector told me that a motherload of these items were in Heritage's 2011 March Dallas Signature auction. That also is a fact. Wouldn't this be a major confict of interest if Heritage were given the opportunity to sell on behalf of the Trustee if they were tied into this? That is taking in "dirty consigments" from someone who didn't have a clean title on them or was using laundered money? -P -----Original Message----- From: Smith, Grey - 1367 <[email protected]> To: MoPo-L <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, May 3, 2012 8:35 pm Subject: Re: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS! Yes, this is yours truly. There on the behalf of the State of California and its trustee. -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lovenoir2 Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 3:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS! That's what I was wondering, too. It looks like him. -KL On 5/3/12, Joe Burtis <[email protected]> wrote: > Is that Grey standing in the background? > > Please visit our website: > www.mpagallery.com > 90 Oak St. > E. Rutherford, NJ 07073 > 201-635-1444 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: allen day > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:05 AM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS! > > > One heckuva way to find out. > > > BTW ... who owns midsystems.com? > > > ad > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > From: glenndamato <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 9:36 AM > Subject: [MOPO] METROPOLIS THREE-SHEET WHEREABOUTS! > > > Folks-Anyone wishing to know the whereabouts of the "Metropolis" > three-sheet (& Movie Poster Exchange's former "silent" partner) should > go to www.midsystems.com > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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